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Published Online: 1 March 2021

Annual Meeting 2021 Preliminary Program Guide

Saturday, May 1

11:30 A.M.-1 P.M.
APA Publishing Session
Psychotherapeutic Approaches to Sexual Problems Chair: Stephen B. Levine, M.D.
General Sessions
Advancing Ethics and Equity in Psychiatry: Perspectives From the Royal College of Psychiatrists Chair: Saul Levin, M.D., M.P.A.
Dieting to Win, Be Thin, and Feel Comfortable in My Own Skin: Disordered Eating in Athletes Chair: Ryley Paul Mancine
Educating and Supporting the Mental Health Workforce Chairs: Anita Everett, M.D., Humberto Carvalho, M.P.H.
Enhancing Use of the DSM-5 Outline for Cultural Formulation: Linking Social Determinants of Mental Health to Structural Competency Through v Codes Chair: Francis G. Lu, M.D.
Ethical Dilemmas in Psychiatric Practice Chair: Rebecca Brendel, M.D., J.D.
Measuring Quality and Equity of Mental Health Care: Existing Challenges and Future Opportunities Chair: Bonnie T. Zima, M.D., M.P.H.
Religion and Mental Health: Past, Present, Future Chair: Driss Moussaoui, M.D.
Scope of Practice: The Evolution of Physician-Only Paradigm in Psychiatry Chair: Michelle Riba, M.D., M.S.
Structural Racism in Psychiatry: The Past Is Driving the Present Chair: William Bradford Lawson, M.D., Ph.D.
Unprecedented Access to Psychiatry: Expand Your Impact to Infinity and Beyond! Collaborative Care, E-consults, and Echo Models Chair: Shannon Kinnan, M.D.
What to Do With the Rest of My Life? Career Tips for Launching Psychiatrists Chair: Jessica L. W. Mayer, M.D.
Presidential Sessions
AACAP’s 2021 Initiatives Chair: Gabrielle A. Carlson, M.D.
Social Justice and Human Rights for Individuals With Mental Illnesses Presenter: Dinesh Bhugra, M.D.
The History of the Development of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Psychosis Presenter: Douglas Turkington, M.D.
2 P.M.-3:30 P.M.
General Sessions
A New Narrative for Behavioral Health: Eliminating Defects and Promoting Value Chair: Patrick S. Runnels, M.D.
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Reducing Suicide Risk Chair: Jesse H. Wright, M.D.
Empathy, Therapeutic Rapport, and Military Service: How Our Personal Journey Into Psychiatry Impacts Our Practice Chair: Jerry Trotter, M.D.
Equity and Building an Interventional Treatment Decision Tree Chair: Ramotse Saunders, M.D.
Ethnopsychopharmacology Chair: William Bradford Lawson, M.D., Ph.D.
Ketamine for Depression: Is the Hype Holding Up? Mechanisms and Evidence Presenter: Richard C. Shelton, M.D.
Mental Health Research in the Era of Competing Crises Chair: Joshua A. Gordon, M.D., Ph.D.
We’re So Anxious!! Challenges Faced and Lessons Learned in the Management of Anxiety in Older Adults Chair: Tawny Smith, Pharm.D.
“Why Can’t They Just Go to Psychiatry?” Changing Attitudes Toward Patients With Challenging Behaviors on an Inpatient Pediatrics Unit Chair: Hannah Marie Gamble, M.D.
Presidential Sessions
(Almost) 50 Years of Community Psychiatry Chair: Stephen Mark Goldfinger, M.D.
Caring for Older Adults With Mental Health Disorders and Dementia: American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic Chair: Rajesh R. Tampi, M.D., M.S.
The Future of Psychodynamics, Psychotherapy, and Psychoanalysis Presenters: Joseph R. Dwaihy, M.D., Eric Martin Plakun, M.D., Harriet Leeds Wolfe, M.D.
4 P.M.-5:30 P.M.
APA Publishing Session
Engaging for Action With “A Psychiatrist’s Guide to Advocacy” Chair: Mary C. Vance, M.D.
General Sessions
Equity, Ethics, and Future Directions in Telepsychiatry Presenters:Avrim B. Fishkind, M.D., Gonzalo J. Perez-Garcia, M.D.
Harnessing Digital Technology to Bring About Long-Term Recovery in First-Episode Psychosis Chair: Mario Alvarez-Jimenez, Ph.D.
Late Career Physician Cognitive Screening: Policies, Practice, and Perspectives Chair: James Ellison, M.D., M.P.H.
Medical Mimics of Psychiatric Disorders After TBI Chair: Gregory John O’Shanick, M.D.
The #MeToo Movement: Implications for Psychiatrists Chair: Renee M. Sorrentino, M.D.
The Benefits and Challenges of Assuming Leadership Roles: A Workshop for Residents, Fellows, and Early Career Psychiatrists Chair: Tobias Diamond Wasser, M.D.
The Suicidal Physician: Narratives From a Physician Who Survived and the Physician Widow of One Who Did Not Chair: Michael Myers, M.D.
Why Blaming Violence on Mental Illness Is Misleading: A Call for Multifaceted and Evidence-Based Strategies to Reduce Gun Violence Chair: Ahmar Mannan Butt, M.D.
Window to the Mind: Clinical Implications of Visual System Impairment in Psychosis Chair: Steven Silverstein, Ph.D.
Presidential Sessions
Advancing Quality and Equity in Women’s Health Care: Practical Advice About Women’s Health From Four Generations of Women Psychiatrists Chairs: Carol C. Nadelson, M.D., Gail Erlick Robinson, M.D.
Population-Based Approaches for Patients in Medical Settings: Delivering More Equitable Care? Chair: Michael C. Sharpe, M.B.B.S.
Presidential Town Hall on Structural Racism #5: Annual Update Chair: Cheryl D. Wills, M.D.

Sunday, May 2

11:30 A.M.-1 P.M.
General Sessions
Advocacy for Health Equity in Diverse Populations Chair: Patrice Harris, M.D.
COVID-19 Pandemic and After: What Social Psychiatry Can Offer? Chair: Eliot Sorel, M.D.
Getting Animated in a Queer New World: Steven Universe as a Socially Conscious Cartoon for Exploring and Understanding Sexuality and Gender Diversity Chairs: Diana M. Mujalli, M.D., Amy Elizabeth Curtis, M.D.
Here’s Your Hat, What’s Your Hurry: Career Transitions in Academic Psychiatry Chair: Philip R. Muskin, M.D., M.A.
In an Insecure World Breath-Based Practices Promote Secure Attachment, Social/Emotional Development, and Stress Resilience Chair: Patricia Lynn Gerbarg, M.D.
Individual and Community Trauma: Impact, Risk, and Interventions Chair: Joshua C. Morganstein, M.D.
International Research Collaborations in Global Psychiatry and Mental Health: The World Early Career Psychiatrists’ Think Tank Chairs: Zargham Abbass, M.D., Victor Pereira-Sanchez, M.D.
Refining Translational Medicine Efforts in Neurodevelopmental Disorders Presenter: Craig A. Erickson, M.D.
Supporting ECPs and RFMs in Their Careers and Beyond Chair: Saul Levin, M.D., M.P.A.
The Challenge of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacogenetics in Later Life Presenter: Bruce Godfrey Pollock, M.D., Ph.D.
The Physician Leadership Journey: Roadmaps and Potholes Presenter: Kenneth C. Nash, M.D.
Understanding and Transforming the Current Competence to Stand Trial System Presenters: Debra A. Pinals, M.D., Lisa Callahan
Zooming Through COVID-19: Achievements and Challenges in Telemental Health Services and Patient-Centered Treatment Chair: Victor Buwalda, M.D.
Presidential Session
Psychodynamic Lessons From the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic Chair: Gerald Paul Perman, M.D.
2 P.M.-3:30 P.M.
APA Publishing Session
Physician Well-Being: ‘Good Stuff’ During COVID-19 Chair: Peter M. Yellowlees, M.D.
General Sessions
A Simple Method to Ensure Creative Problem Solving in Health Care Service Delivery Chair: Erik Rudolph Vanderlip, M.D., M.P.H.
Cannabis: Clearing the Smoke on Cannabis Use Disorder Chair: Smita Das, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.
Crisis Coordination With Law Enforcement: To CIT and Beyond! Chair: Tony Thrasher, M.D.
Depression in Families: Clinical Opportunities for Breaking the Cycle of Transmission Presenter: Myrna Weissman, Ph.D.
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy With Adolescents: Fostering a Ninja Mindset Chair: Robert D. Friedberg, Ph.D.
Latinx 2021: Solving the Dilemma Chair: Bernardo Ng, M.D.
Prediction of Disease Vulnerability and Treatment Response in Mood Disorders and PTSD: Personalized Medicine in Psychiatry Presenter: Charles Barnet Nemeroff, M.D., Ph.D.
The Self-Assessment for Modification of Anti-Racism Tool (SMART): Addressing Structural Racism in Community Mental Health Chair: Rachel Melissa Talley, M.D.
Thelonious Monk, Pepé Le Pew, and Me: Adventures in Medical Education Presenter: Jeffrey Marc Lyness, M.D.
Toward Personalized Psychiatry: Individual Risk of Developing and Having Recurrent Manic Episodes– 20-Year Prospective Studies Presenter: Boris Birmaher, M.D.
Treating Invisible Wounds: Psychiatry Meets Pain Management Chair: Taranjeet Singh Jolly, M.D.
Treatment of Severe Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders: What Do You Do if First-Line Treatments Don’t Work? Chair: Katharine A. Phillips, M.D.
“Will You Let Me Die?”: Terminality and Treatment Futility in Psychiatry Chair: Dominic Sisti, Ph.D.
4 P.M.-5:30 P.M.
APA Publishing Session
Evidence-Based Treatment Approaches for Suicidal Adolescents Chair: Michele Berk, Ph.D.
General Sessions
Asian American Mental Health and Racism During and Post COVID-19 Chair: Edmond H. Pi, M.D.
Collision of the Opioid Crisis and the COVID-19 Pandemic Chair: Nora D. Volkow, M.D.
Delivering HIV Prevention and Care to Transgender People: An Update Chair: Kenneth Bryan Ashley, M.D.
Excited Delirium Syndrome: An Excuse or a Diagnosis? Chair: Julie Owen, M.D.
Expanding Access to Measurement-Based Care: Evidence and Policy Initiatives That Incentivize Quality Care and Health Equity Chair: Carol L. Alter, M.D.
Health Policy and LGBTQ Mental Health Chair: Amir Ahuja, M.D.
Improving Sexual Safety in Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Chair: Holly Betterly, M.D.
Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy for PTSD: Theory, Technique, and Context Chair: Harold Stephen Kudler, M.D.
The IMG Journey: Snapshots Across the Professional Lifespan Chair: Muhammad Zeshan, M.D.
Therapeutic Misconception in Clinical Research: A Psychiatrist’s 40-Year Journey Presenter: Paul S. Appelbaum, M.D.
Presidential Sessions
Is Psychiatry’s Identity in Crisis? Implications for Residency Education Chair: Adam Marshall Brenner, M.D.
Navigating Potential Pitfalls to Wellness for Psychiatrists Chair: William J. Newman, M.D.

Monday, May 3

11:30 A.M.-1 P.M.
General Sessions
A Psychoanalytic Exploration of the Role of Law Enforcement in State-Sanctioned Dehumanization and Civil Unrest Chair: Constance E. Dunlap, M.D.
Clozapine Clinic: The Need of the Hour Chair: James L. Roerig, Pharm.D.
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Personality Disorders Chair: Judith Beck, Ph.D.
Friend, Frenemy, or Foe: The Role of Adolescent Social Media Use in Race-Based Trauma Chairs: Stephanie Alexis Garayalde, M.D., Asha D. Martin, M.D.
LGBTQ+ Medical Students and Applying to Psychiatry Residency Chair: Marshall Forstein, M.D.
Medical Conditions Mimicking Psychiatric Disorders Versus Psychiatric Disorders Mimicking Medical Conditions: Diagnostic and Treatment Challenges Chair: Catherine C. Crone, M.D.
Operational Mental Health Implications During the COVID-19 Pandemic for Active Duty Army Units Chair: Connie Thomas, M.D.
Presidencies: What They Taught Us Chair: John A. Talbott, M.D.
Psychiatry in the Courts: APA Confronts Legal Issues of Concern to the Field Chair: Reena Kapoor, M.D.
Psychosis in Dementia or Dementia in Psychosis? A Clinical Approach to Late-Life Psychosis and Cognitive Decline Chair: Vimal M. Aga, M.D.
The Climate Crisis and Mental Health: What Will You Do? Chair: David Alan Pollack, M.D.
Presidential Sessions
Addressing Insomnia in Psychiatric Practice: A Modifiable Risk Factor for Suicidal Ideation Chair: William Vaughn McCall, M.D.
Facing the Challenge of Cannabis Legalization: Psychiatry’s Role Chair: Kevin Allen Sevarino, M.D.
The Psychology of Racism and Nonviolence Chair: Nassir Ghaemi, M.D.
2 P.M.-3:30 P.M.
APA Publishing Session
Medicine in Psychiatry: What Do We Need to Know? Chair: Peter Manu, M.D.
General Sessions
Cannabis and Psychosis: Population, Neurobiological, and Treatment Services Perspectives Chair: Wilson M. Compton, M.D.
Decolonizing Psychiatry: Listening to and Learning From Case Discussions Chairs: Alicia Barnes, D.O., Desiree Nicolette Shapiro, M.D.
Disaster Mental Health Epidemiology and Nosology: Perspectives From Three Decades of Research Chair: Carol S. North, M.D.
Double Jeopardy, Muslim Mental Heath Provider: Facing Xenophobia, Navigating Burnout and Focus on Wellness Chair: Batool Kazim, M.D.
First-Episode Psychosis Presenter: Dost Ongur, M.D., Ph.D.
Latinx/Hispanic Communities and Mental Health: Identifying Barriers to Access and Potential Solutions During Unsettled Times Chairs: Ruby C. Castilla Puentes, M.D., Pamela Montano, M.D.
Nutritional Interventions in Psychiatry: What Is the Evidence? Chair: Jessica Lynne Principe, M.D.
Providing Equitable Health Care to Marginalized Groups Via Student-Run Mental Health Clinics: Approaches, Advantages, and Challenges During COVID-19 Chair: Jessica Spellun, M.D.
Redeployed: Accounts From Psychiatrists Redeployed During the Initial Phases of the COVID-19 Pandemic Chair: Uchenna Barbara Okoye, M.D.
Suffering in Silence: Uncovering the Prevalence of Major Depression Among Black Men in Specific Impoverished Areas Chair: Louis Belzie, M.D.
Suicide Prevention Research for Underserved Youth: Approaches to Addressing the Challenges Chair: Jane Pearson, Ph.D.
The Impact of Sleep on Geriatric Mental Health: Research Findings in Schizophrenia, Affective Disorders, and Cognitive Disorders Chair: Ellen Lee, M.D.
Three New Tools to Augment Care for People With Serious Mental Illness Chair: John Torous, M.D.
Using Motivational Interviewing to Improve Medical and Behavioral Health Outcomes in Underserved Communities Chair: Joseph Laino, Psy.D.
4 P.M.-5:30 P.M.
APA Publishing Session
Dynamic Supportive Psychotherapy: Strategies and Techniques for Psychiatric Practice Presenter: John Battaglia, M.D.
General Sessions
Aiming for Clarity at the Murky Intersection of Mental Illness, Psychiatry, and Firearm Ownership Rights Chair: Jeremy Weleff, D.O.
Avoid Burnout and Improve Outcomes Through Motivational Interviewing as a Core Communication Style Chair: Michael A. Flaum, M.D.
Ethnicity, Culture, and Psychopharmacology Presenter: Edmond H. Pi, M.D.
Focus Is the Secret Sauce in Effective Psychodynamic Therapy: A Pragmatic Clinician’s Workshop Chair: Richard Fredric Summers, M.D.
Integrating Clinical Practice and Research Presenter: Carlos Blanco-Jerez, M.D., Ph.D.
SAMHSA Priorities Presenter: Tom Coderre
Supporting Medical Directors in Behavioral Health Clinics Chair: Saul Levin, M.D., M.P.A.
Tell Me Something Good Presenter: Jacki Lyden
The Role of Psychedelics in Psychiatry Chair: William McDonald, M.D.
To Tweet or Not to Tweet: Social Media Use for Professional Development and for Mental Health Research Chair: Carolyn Rodriguez, M.D., Ph.D.
Triple Threat: Young, Female, Professional—The Experiences of Young Female Psychiatrists and Psychologists in Academic Medicine Chair: Marcia Unger, M.D.
You can find the pdf version of the Annual Meeting 2021 Preliminary Program Guide here.

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